[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 159 (2013), Part 2]
[House]
[Page 2318]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




                   CONSTITUTIONAL AUTHORITY STATEMENT

  Pursuant to clause 7 of rule XII of the Rules of the House of 
Representatives, the following statements are submitted regarding the 
specific powers granted to Congress in the Constitution to enact the 
accompanying bill or joint resolution.

            By Mr. ROGERS of Kentucky:
        H.R. 933.
        Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       The principal constitutional authority for this legislation 
     is clause 7 of section 9 of article I of the Constitution of 
     the United States (the appropriation power), which states: 
     ``No Money shall be drawn from the Treasury, but in 
     Consequence of Appropriations made by Law . . . .'' In 
     addition, clause 1 of section 8 of article I of the 
     Constitution (the spending power) provides: ``The Congress 
     shall have the Power . . . to pay the Debts and provide for 
     the common Defence and general Welfare of the United States . 
     . . .'' Together, these specific constitutional provisions 
     establish the congressional power of the purse, granting 
     Congress the authority to appropriate funds, to determine 
     their purpose, amount, and period of availability, and to set 
     forth terms and conditions governing their use.
            By Mr. McCLINTOCK:
        H.R. 934.
        Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article IV, Section 3, Clause 2, which confers on Congress 
     the power to make all needful Rules and Regulations 
     respecting the Territory or other Property belonging to the 
     United States.
            By Mr. GIBBS:
        H.R. 935.
        Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Pursuant to clause 3(d)(1) of Rule XIII of the Rules of the 
     House of Representatives, the Committee finds the 
     Constitutional authority for this legislation in Article I, 
     section 8, clause 18, that grants Congress the power to make 
     all laws necessary and proper for carrying out the powers 
     vested by Congress in the Constitution of the United States 
     or in any department or officer thereof.
            By Mr. MATHESON:
        H.R. 936.
        Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       This bill is enacted pursuant to Article I, Section 4, 
     Clause 1 of the United States Constitution.
            By Mr. PRICE of North Carolina:
        H.R. 937.
        Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article I, Section 8, clause 3 of the United States 
     Constitution, ``to regulate Commerce with foreign Nations, 
     and among the several States, and with the Indian Tribes.'' 
     This authority is consistent with the bill's goal of 
     promoting growth, innovation and research in the United 
     States textile and fiber products industry.
            By Ms. ROS-LEHTINEN:
        H.R. 938.
        Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article I, Section 8 of the Constitution
            By Mr. BENTIVOLIO:
        H.R. 939.
        Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article I, Section 8 of the Constitution
       To regulate Commerce with foreign Nations, and among the 
     several States, and with the Indian Tribes
            By Mrs. BLACK:
        H.R. 940.
        Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Fourteenth Amendment, Section 5: All persons born or 
     naturalized in the United States, and subject to the 
     jurisdiction thereof, are citizens of the United States and 
     the State wherein they reside. No State shall make or enforce 
     any law which shall abridge the privileges or immunities of 
     citizens of the United States; nor shall any State deprive 
     any person of life, liberty, or property, without due process 
     of law; nor deny to any person within its jurisdiction the 
     equal protection of the laws.
            By Mr. CAPUANO:
        H.R. 941.
        Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article I, section 8, clause 1 (relating to the general 
     welfare of the United States); and Article I, section 8, 
     clause 3 (relating to the power to regulate interstate 
     commerce).
            By Mr. CROWLEY:
        H.R. 942.
        Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article I, Section 8 of the U.S. Constitution
            By Mr. DUNCAN of Tennessee:
        H.R. 943.
        Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       The ability to regulate interstate commerce pursuant to 
     Article I, Section 8, Clause 3.
            By Mr. GARCIA:
        H.R. 944.
        Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article 1, Section 8, Clause 4, which reads: To establish a 
     uniform rule of naturalization, and uniform laws on the 
     subject of bankruptcies throughout the United States.
            By Mr. SOUTHERLAND:
        H.R. 945.
        Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article IV, section 3 of the Constitution of the United 
     States grants Congress the authority to enact this bill.
       The Congress shall have Power to dispose of and make all 
     needful Rules and Regulations respecting the Territory or 
     other Property belonging to the United States; and nothing in 
     this Constitution shall be so construed as to Prejudice any 
     Claims of the United States, or of any particular State.

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